charles leclerc, my beloved

i love asks, i love dms, i love yapping! if you send me something, i promise i will respond (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) and if you've ever reached out, know that i love you ♡ #asks

writing prompts welcomed & encouraged! my ask box says anything goes, babes- and i absolutely mean it. these can be found under #ficlet!

outside of charles, i'm very fond of sv5, mv3, op81, fc43, ob87, al41 & dr3

i do not actively hate on other drivers! that being said, this blog is not a guaranteed safe place for anyone besides charles- even those listed above are liable to catch strays if they do him wrong

you can catch me live blogging during the races. this is when i am at my meanest.

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i am staunchly anti-ai in all manners, no exceptions.

always!! <3 it's a very important topic for me. if there's any way to help spread awareness about just how pervasive it is in f1 (and really, any high level sport) best believe i will be there ( ⏑‿⏑ ) ⁾⁾

the articles in question, for anyone who wants to read:

Rosberg reveals when and why he decided to quit F1

"I was already super thin, so I couldn’t lose weight, but I still had these leg muscles to get rid of, so I got rid of those across a two-month period, and that proved enough to get me pole position in Suzuka." [Nico Rosberg]

Valtteri Bottas had ‘eating disorder’ and mental health issues before Lewis Hamilton fight

“I trained myself to the point of being physically and mentally sick... It got out of hand, and it became an addiction. I wasn't officially diagnosed with an eating disorder, but I definitely had one." [Valtteri Bottas]

Hi I’m Esteban Ocon, BWT Alpine F1 Team driver, ask me anything!

"I'm not somebody that enjoy food so much. As you know, I'm very lean. So, I need to constantly keep eating to keep my weight up because I'm losing quite a lot of weight when I race. So I'm end up with all sorts of sugary snacks, put in a blender, mixed all the way. So it ends up at like a thousand calories or something. It's very very thick, and that's what I have every day. It's probably a mixture of cookies, protein, probably creatine as well. I mean, I don't even ask my physio because it feels like I would throw up, if I knew how much ingredients there are in there." [Esteban Ocon]

Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne was hospitalized following extreme diet

"I did a diet this winter, but you get to certain limits that the body can no longer take. Actually, I was in hospital between the Grands Prix in Australia and Malaysia because of a lack of water and a little bit of lack of everything. I was very weak.” [Jean-Eric Vergne]

The Pressing Concerns Over Formula One Drivers and Their Strict Diets

"I stopped eating fattening food and, before I knew what had happened, I was bulimic. In my mind the only way I could keep my weight down was by making myself vomit.” [David Coulthard]

McLaren’s radical choice to lose weight

"It’s also challenging because everyone is fighting to lose weight. So we don’t have the luxury of putting three liters in the drink system. We have a little, and it’s never enough. So naturally, we become dehydrated." [Daniel Ricciardo]

Lewis Hamilton Shares His Training and Nutrition Secrets That Keep Him On Top at 36

"I like lifting weights, but I have to make sure that I don’t overdo it. Formula 1 drivers can’t be too heavy: more muscle means more kilos." [Lewis Hamilton]

i've actually been working on compiling these kinds of things together- i'd love to do a massive breakdown of how ed's have intruded on the sport & how it's displayed differently across the board, because there's no one-size-fits-all (ha.) when it comes to disordered eating, and not enough people know this!

(if anyone ever wants to send me posts/articles related to the subject for me to toss in the pile & sort through, they're more than welcome!!)

absolutely i agree!! there's a huge difference in how height & weight are perceived and talked about, and the levels of sensitivity they subsequently deserve (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)